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Winclone 6 can clone and restore in 2 different modes: file-based (WIM) or block-based. The differences are covered in the kbase article here. By default, Winclone 6 creates images using file-based imaging. If there are issues with the meta-data on a file (such as corrupt permissions, date, etc), Winclone may fail to complete the clone….

The TCS Cert Request tool can be used to request a certificate from Active Directory Certificate authority. A normal operation is to request a certificate as either a user or the computer. Both require a valid Kerberos ticket. Getting a kerberos ticket as an macOS user is easy. You just need to know the user…

I have created a macOS command line tool called “tcscertrequest” that submits requests to a Microsoft Certificate Authority from the macOS command line. The request is sent the same way it would be sent from a Windows computer so no modifications to the Windows infrastructure is required to work with the Mac. The history of…

SecureBoot One of the areas that Apple has made big improvements with the release of the 2017 iMac Pro is the introduction of SecureBoot. SecureBoot is a process where the firmware validates the bootloader prior to loading. It is at the start of the chain of trust that ensures that code that gets run (drivers, kernel,…

The iMac Pro 2017 arrives in the office in 2 days, and I have a bunch of questions that I want answered. We need to be able to support the iMac Pro for Winclone and Boot Runner, but more importantly, the new security features and secure boot are expected to be in future models of…

One of the things that Apple has been pretty consistent over the years is that a specific model Mac will have the same hardware if the part number is the same. The PC world is not really like. When I was creating images for Dell laptops back in the day, the same model laptop purchased…

We were investigating an issue where a Winclone image of Windows 10 Falls Creators Update (1709) was restored on a MacBook Pro (MacBookPro13,2) and Windows was giving a blue recovery screen when restarting. However, after we investigated a big further, we determined it wasn’t the Winclone image, but rather the firmware on the MacBook Pro….

iOS 11 introduced ARKit with some pretty amazing interactions. You can interact with virtual elements in the real world with your phone. While ARKit is aware of the geometry of the room the phone is in, it doesn’t know what room it is in. That is where iBeacons can add a new element to interaction…

macOS 10.13 High Sierra has now been released, and one of the major features is a new filesystem called APFS. APFS is not just a filesystem to replace HFS+, but also replaces Core Storage as the volume manager. How does this affect Boot Camp? Let’s dive in a bit and look at the progression of…

Get Ready for High Sierra High Sierra is coming out next Tuesday, and I am very excited about the latest release of macOS. In the last 2 releases of macOS, you had to disable SIP in order to restore a Winclone image to a new Boot Camp partition. In macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Winclone works…

With the release of Winclone 6.1.4, Winclone is fully compatible with High Sierra, the latest operating system for the Mac. We added in a bunch of great features: • Better SIP compatibility. When you restore a Windows 8 or later Winclone image on a recent Mac (generally 2013 or later), you no longer need to…

Boot Runner 2 is ready on day-one for the next version of High Sierra! We updated Boot Runner to support APFS filesystem on macOS 10.13 High Sierra. If you are a current Boot Runner customer, get your update from our redownloads page. You haven’t tried Boot Runner, try it for free!

High Sierra Support and Other News Hi! It’s Tim from Twocanoes Software. We have been busy working on updates to Winclone and other items, and I wanted to write and share with you what we have been working on (you signed up to receive info about Winclone, so if this is an unwanted email, just…

Proxidyne Button Magic button Now you can install wireless buttons around your home, office or car that control your apps on your iOS devices and trigger web services such as IFTTT and Zapier to send messages, start & stop music & timers, record counts so you don’t have to, and tell other apps to…

Hi! It’s Tim from Twocanoes Software. You signed up to receive on Twocanoes Software updates about Winclone and our other products. I think we have some awesome news and hope you do too! Winclone 6.0.3 Update We released Winclone 6 in March with a bunch of new features and support for migrating Boot Camp to new…